Robert ThreshieReid, 1st and last Baron Loreburn was born on 3 April 1846.1 He was the son of SirJames JohnReid and MaryThreshie.1 He married, firstly, Emily DouglasFleming, daughter of CaptainA. C.Fleming, on 26 January 1871.1 He married, secondly, Violet ElizabethHicks-Beach, daughter of William FrederickHicks-Beach and Elizabeth CarolineTyrwhitt-Drake, on 3 December 1907.1 He died on 30 November 1923 at age 77, without issue.1 He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, EnglandG.1 He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1 He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1871 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hereford between 1880 and 1885.1 He was appointed Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) in 1882.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Dumfries Burghs between 1886 and 1905.1 He partipicated in an ordinance in 1890; Bencher of the Inner Temple.1 He was appointed Knight Bachelor in 1894.1 He held the office of Solicitor-General in 1894.1 He held the office of Attorney-General between 1894 and 1895.1 He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 1899.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1905.1 He held the office of Lord High Chancellor between 1905 and 1912.1 He was created 1st Baron Loreburn, of Dumfries, co. Dumfries [U.K.] on 8 January 1906.1 He was created 1st Earl Loreburn, of Dumfries, co. Dumfries [U.K.] on 4 July 1911.1